Where does “autoflagelație” come from?
autoflagelație (Romanian) comes from Romanian flagelație, from Latin flagellatio, from Latin flagellāre, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
autoflagelație (Romanian): self-flagellation
Definitions
- self-flagellation
Ancestry of “autoflagelație”, step by step
autoflagelație traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian flagelație
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | flagelație | flagellation |
| 2 | Latin | flagellatio | — |
| 3 | Latin | flagellāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Romanian auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | auto | — |